Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a TV show on CBBC. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 153 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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Horrible Histories
The Horrible History of (sometimes literally) dressing to kill. Henry VIII has beef over whose armour is best and Louis XV dresses as a hedge.
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Dani Dyer becomes Rattus’ political advisor as we look at everything from the birth of democracy to Margaret Thatcher having to change her voice so she would be taken more seriously.
Featuring Victorian fake news, paparazzi, and camera men strapped to the front of moving trains, Queen Victoria shows you how her subjects invented and became obsessed with films!
Series 7
Everything you need to know about history's most famous family. Including a never-before-seen sketch.
Sketch comedy series. A guide to ancient civilizations, featuring new sketches about Alexander the Great's first kiss.
Sketch comedy series. Horrible Histories presents a collection of some of history's finest songs, as Rattus attempts to put together his own festival.
Series 5
Historical sketch show. Roman emperor Caesar Augustus reveals the lazy secret of his success, and TV's most excitable reporter Bob Hale explains the very complex history of WWII.
Series 11
General strikes! Surplus women! Deadly mummy’s curses! Winston Churchill fangirling over Charlie Chaplin! Take a trip to the Roaring Twenties!
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. Witness Aggrippina's deadly recipes for success and Napoleon's needy sister, how the Lancastrians and the Yorkists came together.
Horrible Histories charts the path towards true love. Henry VIII enlists the help of maitre d' Fred Sirieix as he tries to find the right wife.
Series 11
Marie Antoinette, Henry VIII, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and Loo Man is here to explore why being a prince or princess hasn’t always been the lovely life some might imagine.
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. A tribute to Florence Nightingale, charting how she revolutionised medicine and the treatment of the sick.
Series 3
Historical sketch show. Saxon king Ethelred the Unready suffers online bullying from the Vikings, and the suffragettes set the record straight in song.
Series 11
Rattus is on the naughty step yet again. But at least it has given him an excellent idea for a list of some of his favourite sketches as he presents his top ten of some of history’s naughtiest people.
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. A look at the hideous history of health, from the invention of toilet paper to the healthy origins of the cornflake.
Series 11
From preparing for the afterlife to having your own butt doctor, Tutankhamun, Cleopatra, Ramesses II and more are here to reveal what life was like as a fiendish pharaoh.
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. Tsar Nicholas II gives tips for survival in Russia's extreme climate, and Lenin provides advice on how to look good after death.
Series 11
A massive pillow fight has broken out in the sewer between Rattus and his siblings. With that in mind, Rattus presents a special battle-themed show chock-full of fight-filled history.
Series 7
A look at the most ruthless rulers of all time. Hold your nose in Versailles, because Louis XIV hasn't got any loos.
Series 5
Historical sketch show. Queen Victoria's coronation doesn't go quite as planned, while George IV pulls out all the stops to impress his guests on Historical Come Dine with Me.